The Second Look
Catch embarrassing document mistakes before your client does.
The Second Look is the second look at your document before it goes out — a fully local Word add-in for law firms. Before you send, it checks for embarrassing mistakes: wrong client, leftover placeholders, open comments, tracked changes, broken cross-references, numbering gaps, mixed date formats, template residue, metadata, hidden content, formatting. It doesn't assess legal quality — it answers one question: is this document clean, consistent and ready to send? No cloud, no AI at runtime, no document transmission, no storage.
Business customers only
7 days free, then €199 / year. Cancel anytime.
Secure payment & invoice via Lemon Squeezy. Billed in EUR — your bank handles the conversion. License key arrives by email.
The problem
The matter is done, the brief is written — and on the way out the door something slips through that no one should see: a placeholder from the template, the wrong client name carried over from the last case, an open comment, tracked changes someone can still read. These mistakes don't take legal expertise, they take two seconds of inattention — and, in the worst case, your client's trust.
That's what The Second Look is for: the second look at the document before you hit "Send".
What The Second Look checks
One click in the Word add-in, and the document is checked against a growing list of typical pre-send mistakes:
- Wrong client — names and references that don't line up
- Leftover placeholders — `[NAME]`, `XXX`, template residue
- Open comments and tracked changes
- Broken cross-references and numbering gaps
- Mixed date formats and inconsistent formatting
- Metadata and hidden content that ships with the file
The Second Look does not assess legal quality and gives no legal advice. It answers exactly one question: is this document clean, consistent and ready to send?
Fully local. No cloud risk.
For law firms this is the core: the document does not leave your device. No cloud, no AI at runtime, no transmission, no storage. The check runs entirely inside the add-in on your machine.
That also means: no data processing agreement required, no debate with your data protection officer about third-country transfers. Client confidentiality stays client confidentiality.
Who it's for
For law firms, legal departments and anyone who regularly sends formal documents where an embarrassing slip gets expensive. The Second Look doesn't replace your professional final review — it's the second look that catches what the professional review tends to overlook.
How it works
- Install the add-in in Word and activate it.
- Open a document and run The Second Look.
- Walk through the findings — many with one-click fixes — and send clean.
Start with a 7-day free trial, then an annual subscription — cancel anytime.
Tech stack
- TypeScript
- │ Office.js
- │ Next.js
Platforms
- Microsoft Word
Tags
- Legal Tech
- │ Word Add-in
- │ Document QA
Legal.
Purchase and payment are handled by Lemon Squeezy as Merchant of Record (the legal seller). Their terms and refund policy govern the purchase; use of the software is governed by the license agreement below. Lemon Squeezy buyer terms.
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The Second Look – License Agreement (EULA)
Last updated: 2026-06-05 Provider: Jonas Hottler · support@balane.tech
This agreement governs the use of the Word add-in "The Second Look" (the "Software"). By purchasing, installing or using the Software you agree to these terms.
The offering is directed exclusively at businesses (entrepreneurs within the meaning of § 14 German Civil Code), legal entities under public law and special funds under public law. It is not directed at consumers (§ 13 German Civil Code). By purchasing, you confirm that you are acting in the exercise of your commercial or independent professional activity.
1. Sale and contracting party
The purchase of the Software is processed by Lemon Squeezy (Lemon Squeezy LLC) acting as Merchant of Record. The purchase contract (payment, VAT, invoice, withdrawal/refund) is therefore concluded with Lemon Squeezy and governed by their buyer terms. This agreement governs solely the license to use the Software granted by the provider (Jonas Hottler).
2. Scope of license
You receive a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Software for your own business purposes, tied to an annual subscription. The license is unlocked via a license key and remains valid for the duration of the active subscription. The number of devices that may be activated concurrently follows the activation limit stated at purchase.
You may not:
- decompile, reverse-engineer or disassemble the Software, except where permitted by mandatory law;
- rent, lease, resell or sublicense it;
- share the license key with third parties;
- modify it or create derivative works.
All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
3. Processing and confidentiality
The Second Look runs fully locally: document content is checked solely on your device. There is no transmission, storage or processing of document content by the provider or any third party. No AI services are used at runtime. Accordingly, no data processing on behalf of the user within the meaning of the GDPR takes place with respect to the checked documents; a data processing agreement (DPA) is not required.
To validate the license, the Software transmits the license key to Lemon Squeezy (license validation). No document content is transmitted in this process.
4. No warranty / limitation of liability
The Second Look checks documents for formal and consistency issues before sending (e.g. leftover placeholders, open comments, tracked changes, metadata, formatting). The Software:
- does not guarantee detection of all errors or issues;
- does not assess substantive or legal quality and does not constitute legal advice;
- does not replace the user's own professional final review of the document.
Responsibility for the content and the sending of a document remains entirely with the user. Liability of the provider for undetected errors and for damage arising from sending a document is excluded to the extent permitted by law.
Otherwise, the provider is liable without limitation only for intent and gross negligence and for injury to life, body or health. For ordinary negligence the provider is liable only for breach of a material contractual obligation and limited in amount to the foreseeable damage typical for this type of contract.
5. Term and termination
The Software is offered as an annual subscription preceded by a 7-day free trial. Unless cancelled before the trial ends, the subscription converts into a paid annual subscription and renews automatically for further one-year terms unless cancelled by the end of the current period. Management and cancellation are available at any time via the Lemon Squeezy customer portal; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current period. When the subscription ends, the license ends.
6. Final provisions
This agreement is governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. Should individual provisions be invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions remains unaffected.
Questions: support@balane.tech
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Privacy Policy – The Second Look
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Provider: Jonas Hottler · support@balane.tech
The Second Look is a fully local Word add-in. It is built so that your documents never leave your device.
1. Document content
- Checking runs entirely locally inside the add-in on your device.
- There is no transmission, no storage and no processing of document content by the provider or any third party.
- No AI services are used at runtime.
- No data processing agreement (DPA under Art. 28 GDPR) is required with respect to the checked documents.
2. Purchase and license
The purchase is handled by Lemon Squeezy (Lemon Squeezy LLC) as Merchant of Record. Lemon Squeezy processes the data required for purchase, invoicing and VAT (e.g. name, email address, payment data, country) as an independent controller. Lemon Squeezy's privacy policy applies.
To validate the license, the add-in transmits the license key to Lemon Squeezy. No document content is transmitted.
3. Website balane.app
The general privacy policy additionally applies to your use of this website.
4. Your rights
You have the rights granted under the GDPR (access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection, portability). Contact: support@balane.tech